Total: 18
Do you have: 14
[x] your own cell phone
[x] a television in your bedroom
[x] an iPod (I have a Zen but it is a very fancy one so I think it counts)
[ ] a photo printer
[ ] your own phone line
[ ] TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
[x] high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
[x] a surround sound system in bedroom
[x] DVD player in bedroom
[ ] at least a hundred DVDs
[x] a childfree bathroom (does this count if there are no children at all in the house?)
[ ] your own in-house office
[ ] a pool
[ ] a guest house
[ ] a game room
[ ] a queen-size bed (presumably this means "queen size or larger")
[ ] a stocked bar
[x] a working dishwasher
[ ] an icemaker
[x] a working washer and dryer
[ ] more than 20 pairs of shoes
[ ] at least ten things from a designer store
[ ] expensive sunglasses
[ ] framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
[ ] Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
[ ] a multi-speed bike
[ ] a gym membership
[ ] large exercise equipment at home
[ ] your own set of golf clubs
[ ] a pool table
[ ] a tennis court
[x] local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea (I live in the UK, a tiny island...how does access to the sea make me spoiled?)
[ ] your own pair of skis
[ ] enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
[ ] a boat
[ ] a jet ski
[ ] a neighborhood committee membership
[ ] a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
[ ] wealthy family members
[x] two or more family cars
[ ] a walk-in closet or pantry
[x] a yard
[ ] a hammock
[ ] a personal trainer
[x] good credit
[ ] expensive jewelry (define expensive?)
[ ] a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
[ ] at least $100 cash in your possession right now
[ ] more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
[ ] a stock portfolio
[x] a passport
[ ] a horse
[ ] a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
[ ] private medical insurance
[ ] a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you: 2
[x] shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week (Usually about once a week, but I don't always buy something)
[ ] do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
[ ] pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
[ ] go on weekend mini-vacations
[ ] send dinners back with every flaw
[ ] wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
[ ] regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
[ ] have a job but don't need the money OR
[x] stay at home with little financial sacrifice (At the moment anyway...)
[ ] pay someone else to cook your meals
[ ] pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
[ ] regularly pay someone else to drive you
[ ] expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you: 0
[ ] an only child
[ ] married/partnered to a wealthy person
[ ] baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you: 2
[ ] been on a cruise
[x] traveled out of the country
[ ] met a celebrity
[ ] been to the Caribbean
[x] been to Europe (Uh...I LIVE in Europe...this is a very American meme)
[ ] been to Hawaii
[ ] been to New York
[ ] eaten at the space needle in Seattle
[ ] been to the Mall of America
[ ] been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
[ ] been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
[ ] moved more than three times because you wanted to (as opposed to losing your house or being evicted)
[ ] dined with local political figures
[ ] been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (in any country)
Did you: 0
[ ] go to another country for your honeymoon (Not yet...)
[ ] hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
[ ] take riding or swimming lessons as a child
[ ] attend private school
[ ] have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
Thing is, although I was a spoiled child (very well spoiled, my needs were always taken care of but my parents never let it go to my head and rightfully so) 90% of the items on this list I have earned with my own money by working in a tiresome job. Does this make me spoiled? I tend to think of spoiled people as those who have a lot of these things given to them and take them for granted.
I am however entirely spoiled by